Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Pakistan was 3.61 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Pakistan vs Zimbabwe population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Pakistan	Zimbabwe
1960	6.8	7.2
1961	6.8	7.21
1962	6.8	7.23
1963	6.8	7.23
1964	6.8	7.23
1965	6.8	7.23
1966	6.8	7.2
1967	6.8	7.16
1968	6.8	7.11
1969	6.8	7.04
1970	6.8	6.98
1971	6.8	6.94
1972	6.81	6.94
1973	6.81	6.94
1974	6.81	6.88
1975	6.81	6.83
1976	6.81	6.77
1977	6.8	6.71
1978	6.78	6.66
1979	6.76	6.59
1980	6.73	6.52
1981	6.7	6.45
1982	6.67	6.33
1983	6.64	6.2
1984	6.62	6.04
1985	6.59	5.87
1986	6.55	5.69
1987	6.52	5.5
1988	6.48	5.28
1989	6.43	5.07
1990	6.36	4.88
1991	6.29	4.72
1992	6.21	4.57
1993	6.11	4.39
1994	6.01	4.28
1995	5.89	4.15
1996	5.77	4.11
1997	5.64	4.08
1998	5.51	4.07
1999	5.46	4.06
2000	5.35	4.01
2001	5.18	3.98
2002	5.01	3.93
2003	4.89	3.86
2004	4.68	3.78
2005	4.6	3.69
2006	4.59	3.64
2007	4.55	3.68
2008	4.51	3.78
2009	4.47	3.95
2010	4.4	4.04
2011	4.31	4.13
2012	4.2	4.13
2013	4.13	4.11
2014	4.06	4.01
2015	3.99	3.91
2016	3.9	3.83
2017	3.9	3.77
2018	3.86	3.74
2019	3.81	3.75
2020	3.77	3.75
2021	3.72	3.77
2022	3.66	3.77
2023	3.61	3.72
2024	3.55	3.67
2025	3.5	3.62
2026	3.44	3.57
2027	3.39	3.52
2028	3.34	3.47
2029	3.3	3.43
2030	3.25	3.38
2031	3.21	3.33
2032	3.16	3.29
2033	3.12	3.25
2034	3.08	3.21
2035	3.04	3.17
2036	3.01	3.13
2037	2.97	3.09
2038	2.94	3.06
2039	2.9	3.02
2040	2.87	2.99
2041	2.83	2.96
2042	2.8	2.93
2043	2.77	2.9
2044	2.74	2.87
2045	2.71	2.84
2046	2.69	2.81
2047	2.66	2.78
2048	2.63	2.75
2049	2.61	2.72
2050	2.58	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	Zimbabwe
1960	41.3%	47.3%
1961	41.4%	47.7%
1962	41.6%	48.1%
1963	41.8%	48.5%
1964	42.2%	48.8%
1965	42.7%	48.7%
1966	43%	48.6%
1967	43.3%	48.5%
1968	43.5%	48.5%
1969	43.7%	48.4%
1970	43.9%	48.3%
1971	44%	48.2%
1972	44.1%	48.2%
1973	44.1%	48.1%
1974	44.1%	48.1%
1975	44.1%	48.1%
1976	44%	48.2%
1977	43.9%	48.3%
1978	43.8%	48.5%
1979	43.7%	48.8%
1980	43.3%	48.7%
1981	43.1%	48.4%
1982	43%	48.3%
1983	43.1%	48.2%
1984	43.3%	48.1%
1985	43.5%	48%
1986	43.6%	47.9%
1987	43.7%	47.9%
1988	43.8%	47.9%
1989	44%	47.6%
1990	44.1%	47.1%
1991	44.1%	46.6%
1992	44.3%	46.8%
1993	44.5%	47.1%
1994	44.5%	46.6%
1995	44.5%	45.9%
1996	44.3%	45%
1997	44.1%	44%
1998	43.9%	43.1%
1999	43.6%	42.4%
2000	43.3%	41.9%
2001	42.9%	41.5%
2002	42.6%	41.4%
2003	42.3%	41.5%
2004	41.8%	41.7%
2005	41.3%	41.9%
2006	40.9%	42%
2007	40.4%	42.1%
2008	40%	42.4%
2009	39.6%	42.7%
2010	39.3%	43%
2011	39.1%	43.4%
2012	39%	43.7%
2013	38.9%	43.9%
2014	38.9%	43.9%
2015	38.8%	43.8%
2016	38.6%	43.6%
2017	38.5%	43.3%
2018	38.3%	42.9%
2019	38.1%	42.5%
2020	37.9%	42.2%
2021	37.6%	41.9%
2022	37.3%	41.6%
2023	37%	41.3%
2024	36.7%	40.9%
2025	36.2%	40.3%
2026	35.8%	39.6%
2027	35.3%	39%
2028	34.9%	38.4%
2029	34.5%	37.8%
2030	34.2%	37.4%
2031	33.8%	37%
2032	33.5%	36.8%
2033	33.3%	36.5%
2034	33%	36.3%
2035	32.7%	36.1%
2036	32.5%	35.8%
2037	32.2%	35.6%
2038	32%	35.3%
2039	31.7%	35.1%
2040	31.5%	34.8%
2041	31.3%	34.6%
2042	31%	34.3%
2043	30.8%	34.1%
2044	30.5%	33.8%
2045	30.3%	33.5%
2046	30%	33.2%
2047	29.7%	32.9%
2048	29.5%	32.6%
2049	29.2%	32.2%
2050	28.9%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Pakistan	Zimbabwe
1960	1,217,147	126,959
1961	1,273,772	131,531
1962	1,328,675	136,317
1963	1,384,934	140,984
1964	1,447,394	145,848
1965	1,496,050	151,164
1966	1,566,343	156,014
1967	1,626,737	161,205
1968	1,683,296	166,865
1969	1,733,601	172,626
1970	1,793,570	178,979
1971	1,695,374	185,427
1972	1,912,774	193,725
1973	1,971,909	201,885
1974	2,028,061	208,806
1975	2,099,811	216,947
1976	2,171,812	221,419
1977	2,257,849	225,139
1978	2,356,601	222,979
1979	2,461,311	223,657
1980	2,598,421	241,179
1981	2,790,454	271,361
1982	2,934,689	279,934
1983	3,052,738	286,545
1984	3,145,772	290,052
1985	3,233,315	290,756
1986	3,341,643	289,894
1987	3,448,813	286,766
1988	3,554,755	277,498
1989	3,648,132	270,838
1990	3,731,730	265,444
1991	3,822,363	260,943
1992	3,888,637	255,291
1993	3,915,776	228,045
1994	3,956,699	216,343
1995	3,977,175	206,695
1996	4,021,758	205,269
1997	4,043,912	216,288
1998	4,104,824	225,614
1999	4,228,026	232,393
2000	4,281,169	236,343
2001	4,304,297	227,909
2002	4,307,607	244,170
2003	4,340,688	243,057
2004	4,294,654	248,307
2005	4,294,393	248,545
2006	4,538,426	248,963
2007	4,690,187	261,805
2008	4,885,855	280,527
2009	5,028,132	309,316
2010	5,147,142	335,570
2011	5,189,412	359,572
2012	5,191,263	371,135
2013	5,176,590	374,757
2014	5,148,994	366,350
2015	5,113,507	356,203
2016	5,044,922	348,772
2017	5,090,200	344,035
2018	5,103,858	345,883
2019	5,127,011	348,798
2020	5,011,177	354,790
2021	5,065,913	349,908
2022	5,268,077	371,243
2023	5,281,745	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Pakistan, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	Zimbabwe
1985	432	573
1986	436	525
1987	442	480
1988	441	431
1989	439	382
1990	434	353
1991	443	332
1992	459	333
1993	473	331
1994	479	332
1995	485	332
1996	482	352
1997	476	357
1998	456	368
1999	438	399
2000	419	405
2001	400	467
2002	380	418
2003	358	455
2004	333	451
2005	316	454
2006	284	480
2007	265	519
2008	254	526
2009	246	540
2010	240	567
2011	234	564
2012	227	558
2013	220	525
2014	211	468
2015	202	428
2016	193	411
2017	184	389
2018	178	386
2019	173	388
2020	178	380
2021	193	446
2022	160	368
2023	155	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Pakistan	Zimbabwe
1960	25%	15.2%
1961	24.1%	14.8%
1962	23.3%	14.4%
1963	22.5%	14%
1964	21.8%	13.5%
1965	21.2%	13.1%
1966	20.6%	12.7%
1967	20.2%	12.4%
1968	19.7%	12.1%
1969	19.4%	11.8%
1970	19%	11.7%
1971	18.7%	11.5%
1972	18.4%	11.5%
1973	18.1%	11.4%
1974	17.8%	11.4%
1975	17.6%	11.4%
1976	17.4%	11.5%
1977	17.1%	11.5%
1978	16.9%	11.5%
1979	16.7%	11.3%
1980	16.5%	11.1%
1981	16.3%	10.7%
1982	16.1%	10.1%
1983	15.8%	9.5%
1984	15.6%	8.87%
1985	15.3%	8.31%
1986	15%	7.86%
1987	14.8%	7.61%
1988	14.5%	7.55%
1989	14.2%	7.69%
1990	14%	7.97%
1991	13.7%	8.33%
1992	13.4%	8.73%
1993	13.1%	9.16%
1994	12.8%	9.52%
1995	12.5%	9.83%
1996	12.1%	10%
1997	11.8%	10.1%
1998	11.5%	10%
1999	11.1%	9.92%
2000	10.8%	9.83%
2001	10.5%	9.79%
2002	10.3%	8.48%
2003	10.1%	8.85%
2004	9.85%	9.17%
2005	9.65%	9.23%
2006	9.47%	9.4%
2007	9.29%	9.47%
2008	9.1%	9.34%
2009	8.91%	9.03%
2010	8.71%	8.5%
2011	8.49%	7.88%
2012	8.27%	7.14%
2013	8.04%	6.55%
2014	7.8%	6.18%
2015	7.56%	5.98%
2016	7.33%	5.69%
2017	7.1%	5.5%
2018	6.88%	5.23%
2019	6.67%	5.11%
2020	6.46%	5.01%
2021	6.25%	4.76%
2022	6.05%	4.6%
2023	5.85%	4.42%